Board Certification Requirements
From Qualification to Certification
Once candidates meet all Part I Board Qualification requirements and pass the Part I Board Qualification examinations, ABFAS will issue a letter bearing the embossed ABFAS seal and update the candidate's status to Board Qualified. Board Qualified surgeons may not promote their status on letterhead, publications, or other advertisements per ABFAS Advertising Policies.
Certification Requirements
Board Qualified Candidates need to meet the following requirements in order to attain Board Certification.
License
Maintain a valid, unrestricted podiatric license in the US or Canada. Candidates must report any change in licensing status to ABFAS.
Privileges
Maintain active surgical privileges at a hospital or surgical center and send proof of privileges to ABFAS. Documentation must contain the signature of a hospital/surgery center official if possible or be on the letterhead of hospital/surgery center. View a sample of a hospital/surgical center privilege letter.
- Submit via email to privileges@abfas.org or by fax to 415.553.7801
Exams
Once Board Qualified, candidates will be able to register and pass the Part II Certification Exams. These exams include:
- Part II Foot Surgery Didactic
- Part II RRA Surgery Didactic
- Part II Foot Surgery Case Review
- Part II RRA Surgery Case Review
Statute of Limitations
If Board Qualified candidates do not achieve Board Certification by the close of the seventh year after achieving Board Qualification, they are no longer are eligible for ABFAS certification unless they finished a PMSR or PMSR/RRA residency program prior to 2014.
If a candidate’s Board Qualified status in Foot Surgery expires before their Board Qualified status in RRA Surgery, ABFAS will suspend the RRA status until the candidate has successfully re-established the required status in Foot Surgery.